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| onesixright:
Hi, I need to install a tube fan. This one has a 0-10v RPM speed control function. Is this something you can control with a "regular" 0-10v "dimmer" or would you still need some special RPM speed controller? Many thanks! R. |
| tom66:
0-10V just refers to the control input. If the input to the fan controller is just 0-10V, I can't see any reason it would not work. The caveat is if you tried to control a fan with e.g. a light dimmer with a 0-10V input. That would probably result in an angry light dimmer, followed by smoke, so I would not recommend that. |
| onesixright:
--- Quote from: tom66 on May 18, 2022, 11:01:15 am ---The caveat is if you tried to control a fan with e.g. a light dimmer with a 0-10V input. That would probably result in an angry light dimmer, followed by smoke, so I would not recommend that. --- End quote --- Not sure what you mean with this? |
| tom66:
--- Quote from: onesixright on May 19, 2022, 07:45:55 am ---Not sure what you mean with this? --- End quote --- If you use a dimmer switch with a 0-10V input that is intended for dimming a light, and try to drive the fan motor with it, the result will likely be the destruction of the dimmer switch. |
| ledtester:
--- Quote from: onesixright on May 18, 2022, 10:03:18 am ---Hi, I need to install a tube fan. This one has a 0-10v RPM speed control function. Is this something you can control with a "regular" 0-10v "dimmer" or would you still need some special RPM speed controller? Many thanks! R. --- End quote --- Do you have the datasheet for the tube fan? That's where we're going to find the answer. It is very possible that you can simply use a potentiometer but to verify that and to understand how it needs to be hooked up we would need to see the datasheet/technical documentation for the device. |
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